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Richard Barnard
A Light Snow-Fall After Frost
for unaccompanied SATB choir
Atmospheric setting of Thomas Hardy poem.
Our Great Grief and Joy
for flute, harp and viola
An instrumental development of ideas from Woolf Letters.
Ghost Songs
for tenor and guitar
Setting of three poems by Cornish poet Charles Causley, composed to celebrate the centenary of his birth.
The Moon Shines Bright
for unaccompanied choir (SATB with divisi)
Choral version of a traditional Christmas song of medieval origins.
Out in the Dark
for choir (SSAATTBB) and alto saxophone
Setting of one of the last poems Edward Thomas wrote before he was killed in April 1917 during the battle of Arras.
Three Early Stroll Songs
for baritone, mezzo-soprano and piano
After Ian McMillan’s short poems, commissioned by Helen Charlston and recorded for Delphian Records.
Woolf Letters
for mezzo-soprano and piano
Song cycle of text drawn from Virginia Woolf’s letters to her sister Vanessa Bell.
Liz Dilnot Johnson
Blake Reimagined
for two choirs (SATB) with optional organ
May be performed in between verses 1 and 2 of Parry’s setting of Jerusalem, or as a stand alone piece (without organ).
Christopher Fox
Heliotropes 6
for string quartet
Premiered by the Arditti Quartet at the 1988 Darmstadt Ferienkurse.
Topophony (chamber orchestra version)
for chamber orchestra with 1, 2 or 3 improvising soloists
Version of orchestral work for Ilan Volkov and the Israel Contemporary Players.
Unlocking the grid
for solo woodwind instrument with playback
Homage to the work of the artist Agnes Martin.
Vic Hoyland
For Derek John Benton; because: “Found Objects”
for ten performers
A belated Birthday gift for a 47 year old cousin from a 74 year old composer.
Brian Inglis
Graham Lynch
The Couperin Sketchbooks
for piano
A series of short sections sharing something of the spirit of Couperin’s music.
Kevin Malone
Aims, Goals, Targets and Objectives
for string quartet
a farewell to the Lindsay String Quartet based on Haydn’s op.74, no.3 in G minor.
Mario Pagotto
Ricercari Di Bravura
for two harps
Combining virtuosic technical aspects with a new expressive capacity for these instruments.
Richard Pantcheff
Nocturnus I (flugelhorn and string orchestra version)
for flugelhorn and string orchestra
For Jevon O’Donovan and Marnus Greyling. Premiered by them at the Wakkerstroom Music Festival, South Africa.
Nocturnus VI (flugelhorn and string orchestra version)
for flugelhorn and string orchestra
Written in honour of Benjamin Britten on the fortieth anniversary of his death.
On Hearing the Oxford Bells at Eventide
for orchestra
A a musical response to Sir John Betjeman’s famous poem Church of England commissioned for the Oxford Orchestra da Camera in celebration of its tenth anniversary in 2002.
John Palmer
Susannah Self
Jack Van Zandt
Regular Division of the Plane
Six Pieces for two pianos after M.C. Escher
Inspired by the artist’s large “Metamorphosis” pictures.
Tags: Brian Inglis, Christopher Fox, Graham Lynch, jack van zandt, John Palmer, Kevin Malone, Liz Johnson, Mario Pagotto, Richard Barnard, Richard Pantcheff, Susannah Self, Vic Hoyland